Justice Department Briefing 2026-10-15
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Title: 1. Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/15/2026-21063/privacy-act-of-1974-implementation
Sub: Justice Department
Content: In the Notice section of today's Federal Register, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a component within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), has published a notice of a new system of records titled "Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program Records" and numbered JUSTICE/EOIR-006. This system of records is exempt from U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (d) pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(2). EOIR proposes to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act in order to protect law enforcement sensitive materials maintained in the system. For the reasons provided below, the Department proposes to amend its Privacy Act regulations by exempting records in this system from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. Public comment is invited.
Title: 2. Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records
Sub: Justice Department
Content: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is hereby given that the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a component within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), proposes to develop a new system of records notice titled "Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program Records," and numbered JUSTICE/EOIR-006. This system of records assists the EOIR Fraud and Abuse Prevention Program (Fraud Program) in receiving, tracking, and managing complaints of suspected immigration fraud, abuse, and unauthorized practice of immigration law, and in referring complaints to Federal, state, and local law enforcement and disciplinary authorities when appropriate. Fraud Program records were previously included within a different system of records, JUSTICE/EOIR-001. See 69 FR 16179 (May 11, 2004). However, JUSTICE/EOIR-001 was recently modified and now only partially covers Fraud Program records. See JUSTICE/EOIR-001, Adjudication and Appeal Records of the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge and Board of Immigration Appeals, 90 FR 42265 (Aug. 29, 2025). Accordingly, EOIR proposes to establish a new system of records encompassing all Fraud Program records.
Title: 3. Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/15/2026-21060/privacy-act-of-1974-implementation
Sub: Justice Department
Content: In the Notice section of today's Federal Register, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), a component within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), has published a notice of a new system of records, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Statistical Data, JUSTICE/OJP-017, for the statistical data collections that BJS conducts under 34 U.S.C. 10132. In this notice of proposed rulemaking, the OJP proposes to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act in order to comply with the confidentiality provisions of 34 U.S.C. 10231 and 34 U.S.C. 30303 and the requirement of 34 U.S.C. 10134 that the data are to be used solely for statistical or research purposes. Additionally, data are to be used for authorized purposes under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; 44 U.S.C. 3563) and the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA; Pub. L. 113-242). Consistent with the data use requirements set forth in 34 U.S.C. 10134, no adverse determinations are made from these records as to any identifiable individual. For the reasons provided below, the Department proposes to amend its Privacy Act regulations by establishing an exemption for records in this system from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. Public comment is invited.
Title: 4. Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of Records
Sub: Justice Department
Content: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, notice is hereby given that the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), a component within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department), proposes to develop a new system of records notice titled Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Statistical Data, JUSTICE/OJP-017. OJP proposes to establish this system of records to support BJS's mission to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice at all levels of government. The purpose of this system of records is to maintain the statistical data that BJS collects, acquires, or maintains through questionnaires, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and administrative records to carry out BJS's statistical mission.
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